Baseball playoff eliminations: An application of linear programming

  • Authors:

  • Lawrence W. Robinson

  • Affiliations:

  • Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, 560 Malott Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-4201, USA

  • Venue:
  • Operations Research Letters
  • Year:
  • 1991

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Abstract

Using a simple linear program can eliminate baseball teams from playoff consideration well before the current 'magic number' rule. In the 1987 season, teams were eliminated up to five days earlier. A similar LP can be used for determining when hockey teams clinch a playoff berth.